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The neighborhoods we call home are steeped in meaning, culture, and history. Across Northern California, historically Black and other people of color neighborhoods are working to reverse and repair decades of community removals and neglect, while facing ongoing pressures that threaten resident and business displacement. These communities have initiated reparative and inclusive economic and community development efforts along commercial corridors that center the culture, values and history
of local residents.

Data has proven to be a vital ingredient in furthering racial and economic equity in the Bay Area. However, not all local organizations have the capacity to leverage data-driven insights and tools to drive solutions forward and achieve equitable outcomes.

Large-scale civic infrastructure projects implemented during urban renewal caused generational harm to communities of color. Now cities have the chance to reimagine their neighborhoods and repair this harm with equitable, resident-led comprehensive community development strategies. When these projects come up, longtime residents and the communities who suffered most from past projects must be at the forefront leading the vision for their neighborhoods, grounded in racial equity.

As we mark another Black History Month and celebrate Black futures, there is an urgency for us to address the existing divisions in our country and create solutions that move us closer towards our vision of a strong, inclusive, multiracial democracy with Black communities at the center. Some of the barriers we continue to see in communities across the nation include attacks on voting rights, biased immigration policies, blatant displays of white supremacy and white nationalism, and a decline inequitable economic opportunities.

As the political economy ebbs and flows, California finds itself dealing with significant budget deficits more frequently, which ultimately impacts our state’s most historically marginalized residents. Cuts to important programs impacting housing and homelessness, the social safety net, climate resiliency programs and much more have a disproportionate and adverse effect on women and children, low-income families, rural communities, and neighborhoods of color. Nonprofit and direct service organizations often see an uptick in their clients during economic downturns and are compelled to fill the gap without augmentation in funding and resources.

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California Black Freedom Fund, the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (the Democracy Center) at Japanese American National Museum, and Philanthropy California are hosing Shared Pathways to Heal, Repair, and Liberate.

As we work towards our vision of an inclusive, multiracial democracy, there is much to gain from sharing and exploring our parallel and interwoven fights for liberation and civil rights in this country.

Agenda

• 1:00 PM: Registration
• 1:15 PM: Self-guided JANM Gallery Exploration with Museum Facilitators
• 2:30 PM: Program at the Democracy Center
• 5:00 PM Reception

Speakers

• Anne Burroughs, President & CEO, Japanese American National Museum
• Dr. Cheryl Grills, Professor, Psychology | Director, Psychology Applied Research Center, Loyola Marymount University
• Jim Herr, Director, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum
• Lisa Holder, President, Equal Justice Society
• Joanna Jackson, Interim President & CEO, Weingart Foundation
• Jennifer Noji, PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at UCLA
• Kaci Patterson, Founder and Chief Architect, Social Good Solutions
• Marc Philpart, Executive Director, California Black Freedom Fund
• Don Tamaki, Senior Counsel, Minami Tamaki LLP

• Jan Tokumaru, Reparations Committee Member, Nikkei Progressives / Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress

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